Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 50 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 35. Documents, procedures, and methods adopted by reference

18 AAC 50.035. Documents, procedures, and methods adopted by reference

(a) The following documents are adopted by reference:

(1) the department's In Situ Burning Guidelines for Alaska, revised March 22, 2001;

(2) Workbook for Plume Visual Impact Screening and Analysis (revised), EPA 454/R-92-023, October 1992;

(3) the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) publication AP-42, Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume I: Stationary Point and Area Sources, Fifth Edition with Supplements A-E, as amended through September 1999;

(4) Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modeling Applications, EPA 454/R-99-005, February 2000;

(5) Ambient Monitoring Guidelines for Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), EPA 450/4-87-007, May 1987; and

(6) the department's Summary Prepared by the Department of Environmental Conservation of Coastal Area Boundaries Approved by the Coastal Policy Council (CPC) for Coastal Resource Districts Excluded from the Portable Oil and Gas Operation Permit by Rule (18 AAC 50.390) , as revised as of November 19, 2001.

(b) The following procedures and methods set out in 40 C.F.R., as revised as of July 1, 2003, are adopted by reference:

(1) 40 C.F.R. Part 50, Appendices A, D, F, H, J, and K;

(2) 40 C.F.R. Part 51, Appendix M;

(3) 40 C.F.R. Part 58, Appendix B;

(4) the following test methods as they apply to 40 C.F.R. 63.11(b)(6):

(A) ASTM D 1946-90(1994)e, Standard Practice for Analysis of Reformed Gas by Gas Chromatography; and

(B) ASTM D 240-92(1997)e2, Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter.

(c) This subsection adopts the methods and procedures listed in this subsection for use by the department in permits for compliance monitoring. Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the department's discretion to require in a permit issued under this chapter compliance with the requirements of other methods or procedures on a case by case basis. The following methods and procedures are adopted by reference.

(1) ASTM D 129-00, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General Bomb Method), approved January 10, 2000;

(2) ASTM D 129-98, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method), approved February 10, 1998;

(3) ASTM D 1552-95, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High Temperature Method), approved August 15, 1995;

(4) ASTM D 2622-98, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, approved April 10, 1998;

(5) ASTM D 4294-98, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, approved April 10, 1998;

(6) ASTM D 4045-99, Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Hydrogenolysis and Rateometric Colorimetry, approved January 10, 1999;

(7) ASTM D 2492-90 (Reapproved 1998), Standard Test Method for Forms of Sulfur in Coal, approved March 30, 1990;

(8) ASTM D 3176-89 (Reapproved 1997), Standard Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke, approved September 29, 1989;

(9) ASTM D 4749-87 (Reapproved 1994), Standard Test Method for Performing the Sieve Analysis of Coal and Designating Coal Size, approved November 27, 1987;

(10) ASTM D 1140-97, Standard Test Method for Amount of Material in Soils Finer Than the No. 200 Sieve, approved May 10, 1997;

(11) ASTM D 422-63 (Reapproved 1998), Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils, approved November 21, 1963;

(12) ASTM D 4629-96, Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection, approved April 10, 1996;

(13) ASTM D 5762-98, Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence, approved December 10, 1998;

(14) ASTM D 4913-89 (Reapproved 1995), Standard Practice for Determining Concentration of Hydrogen Sulfide by Direct Reading, Length of Stain, Visual Chemical Detectors, approved February 24, 1989;

(15) ASTM D 4810-88 (Reapproved 1999), Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Sulfide in Natural Gas Using Length-of-Stain Detector Tubes, approved April 29, 1988;

(16) ASTM D 6216-98, Standard Practice for Opacity Monitor Manufacturers to Certify Conformance with Design and Performance Specifications, approved February 10, 1998;

(17) ASTM D 4239-00, Standard Test Methods for Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke Using High-Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion Methods, approved April 10, 2000.

History: Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 7/2/2000, Register 154; am 2/2/2002, Register 161; am 5/3/2002, Register 162; am 10/1/2004, Register 171; am 12/3/2005, Register 176

Authority: AS 46.03.020

AS 46.14.010

AS 46.14.020

AS 46.14.030

AS 46.14.140

Sec. 30, ch. 74,

SLA 1993

Editor's note: The documents, procedures, and methods adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.035 may be reviewed at the department's Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau office. For information on how to obtain a copy of the EPA publication AP-42 referred to in this section, contact EPA's InfoCHIEF information line at (919)541-5285.

For information on how to obtain a copy of the ASTM documents referred to in 18 AAC 50.035, contact the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Publications Department, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428-2959, phone (610) 832-9585; fax (610) 832-9555.